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tenth biexxial report. 33 ciaiis to advise even small towns to abandon shallow private wells for a common public water supi)ly. As regards the samples of well water sent by physicians and comity health superintendents, I am able to say that the avera^^e quality is superior to that received during the preceding year. There were fewer grossly polluted samples. Of the fifty-seven samples of sputum received, about one-third wore free from bacillus tuberculosis. The samples showing the bacillus < ame from different parts of the State, but chiefly from the Central and Piedmont regions. Of diphtheritic exudates tifty-three were received, and all but two showed the bacillus. Nearly all samples of exudates were described by attending physicians as '^tonsillitis" or '^membranous croup." Determinations of diphtheritic exudates were given i)recedence over all other lines of work in the laboratory, and the result is, in all cases where the physician can be reached by telegraph so transmitted, usiially within one hour after sample reaches the laboratory. We could handle more of this class of work. In examinations of blood for the malaria parasite our facilities are not yet appreciated by the medical profession, or else the type of malaria found in North Carolina is easily diagnosed clinically. Only eighteen samples came in, and the larger part of these were free from the germ. Only the tertian parasite has I)een found. Of fieces we have received thirty-two samples, and all but four ('outained the hookworm or its eggs. Most of the samples also showed large quantities of sand, indicating recent geophagism. The ages of the patients as given by physicians varied between six and sixty-one years. The larger part were under twenty-five years. The samples came from the following counties: Caldwell. Iredell, Granville, Johnston. New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Nash, Stokes and ^^'ake. During the past twelve months, as in the preceding period, a few applications were received for the Widal test for typhoid fever. At considerable trouble and expenditure of time and materials, the Biologist stocked suitable cultures for this work at three different times in the two years, but the demand for this work proved too sn.all to justify us in keeping up the cTiltures. The average demand i.-. only about four per year. For the Widal test the culture of bacillus typhosus must be virulent and not over four or five months, at longest, from the spleen of a person dead of typhoid. The culture must also be transferred from tul)e to tube at least once a week, thus entailing much labor and consumption of material. With so much other work pressing upon the laboratory, we could not afford for the small demand to keep up typhoid culture as refpiired, so at i)resent we decline applications for the Widal test. The clinical alternative is usually between typhoid and malaria, and an examination of the blood by microscope will determine whether or not it is malaria. 3
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1903-1904 |
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Language | English |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1903-1904 |
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Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 10 |
Page Number | 33 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | tenth biexxial report. 33 ciaiis to advise even small towns to abandon shallow private wells for a common public water supi)ly. As regards the samples of well water sent by physicians and comity health superintendents, I am able to say that the avera^^e quality is superior to that received during the preceding year. There were fewer grossly polluted samples. Of the fifty-seven samples of sputum received, about one-third wore free from bacillus tuberculosis. The samples showing the bacillus < ame from different parts of the State, but chiefly from the Central and Piedmont regions. Of diphtheritic exudates tifty-three were received, and all but two showed the bacillus. Nearly all samples of exudates were described by attending physicians as '^tonsillitis" or '^membranous croup." Determinations of diphtheritic exudates were given i)recedence over all other lines of work in the laboratory, and the result is, in all cases where the physician can be reached by telegraph so transmitted, usiially within one hour after sample reaches the laboratory. We could handle more of this class of work. In examinations of blood for the malaria parasite our facilities are not yet appreciated by the medical profession, or else the type of malaria found in North Carolina is easily diagnosed clinically. Only eighteen samples came in, and the larger part of these were free from the germ. Only the tertian parasite has I)een found. Of fieces we have received thirty-two samples, and all but four ('outained the hookworm or its eggs. Most of the samples also showed large quantities of sand, indicating recent geophagism. The ages of the patients as given by physicians varied between six and sixty-one years. The larger part were under twenty-five years. The samples came from the following counties: Caldwell. Iredell, Granville, Johnston. New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Nash, Stokes and ^^'ake. During the past twelve months, as in the preceding period, a few applications were received for the Widal test for typhoid fever. At considerable trouble and expenditure of time and materials, the Biologist stocked suitable cultures for this work at three different times in the two years, but the demand for this work proved too sn.all to justify us in keeping up the cTiltures. The average demand i.-. only about four per year. For the Widal test the culture of bacillus typhosus must be virulent and not over four or five months, at longest, from the spleen of a person dead of typhoid. The culture must also be transferred from tul)e to tube at least once a week, thus entailing much labor and consumption of material. With so much other work pressing upon the laboratory, we could not afford for the small demand to keep up typhoid culture as refpiired, so at i)resent we decline applications for the Widal test. The clinical alternative is usually between typhoid and malaria, and an examination of the blood by microscope will determine whether or not it is malaria. 3 |
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